After speaking with the Vasculitis Foundation today, I was able to get a recommendation for a wegs specialist at UNC hospitals (Dr. Mary Dooley). I attempted to make an appointment and was told that my primary had to fax my records there (not a problem) and they would be reviewed to determine my eligibility for an appointment. Then, after that, the soonest they are willing to schedule a new patient is possibly late May but likely not until June and that was if my primary pleaded the urgency of my case.

The wegs specialist at Duke Univ doesn't see patients, only does consults.

Does anyone by any chance know of an independently practicing rheum in the Raleigh NC area who may be taking patients in a better time frame? I am paranoid about the flaring condition I'm in, but its far from an emergency. I haven't been seen by a rheum in 5-6 years and I only saw the one once.